"Inside-churning excited?"
"Inside turning over and over."
"That's interesting. It just doesn't show, I suppose."
"I suppose not."
"It's an extraordinarily useful sort of face to have. Mine goes a dull unhealthy pink, as you can see."
He thought the warm childish flush on her normally cool features touching and endearing.
"I hear that Peggy Gates has a new outfit for the occasion. Have you ever seen her on a horse? I can't remember."
"No."
"She looks nice," Eleanor said approvingly. "She rides very well. I think she will do justice to that horse of Dick Pope's."
It was typical of Eleanor that her judgement was independent of her emotions.